hyg-119003

Binary system

Its story

Almost a neighbour of ours, 41.6 light-years away in Boötes, spins a binary A-type system: two white sisters bound by gravity. Its light set out around 1984, when HIV was being identified and the world learned a new name for human fragility. Hotter than the Sun, with surfaces near 8,500 degrees, both shine with a bright pearly glow, dancing one around the other from remote times.

Constellation: Boötes
Apparent magnitude: 5.96
Distance: 41.6 light years
Coordinates (J2000): RA 225.949° · Dec 47.654°
Catalogue: HYG 119003

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